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The Sanctity of Human Life

Author : David Novak
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781589014664
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book The Sanctity of Human Life written by David Novak and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heated debates are not unusual when confronting tough medical issues where it seems that moral and religious perspectives often erupt in conflict with philosophical or political positions. In The Sanctity of Human Life, Jewish theologian David Novak acknowledges that it is impossible not to take into account the theological view of human life, but the challenge is how to present the religious perspective to nonreligious people. In doing so, he shows that the two positions—the theological and the philosophical—aren't as far apart as they may seem. Novak digs deep into Jewish scripture and tradition to find guidance for assessing three contemporary controversies in medicine and public policy: the use of embryos to derive stem cells for research, socialized medicine, and physician-assisted suicide. Beginning with thinkers like Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Nietsche, and drawing on great Jewish figures in history—Maimonides, Rashi, and various commentators on the Torah (written law) and the Mishnah (oral law)—Novak speaks brilliantly to these modern moral dilemmas. The Sanctity of Human Life weaves a rich and sophisticated tapestry of evidence to conclude that the Jewish understanding of the human being as sacred, as the image of God, is in fact compatible with philosophical claims about the rights of the human person—especially the right to life—and can be made intelligible to secular culture. Thus, according to Novak, the use of stem cells from embryos is morally unacceptable; the sanctity of the human person, and not capitalist or socialist approaches, should drive our understanding of national health care; and physician-assisted suicide violates humankind's fundamental responsibility for caring for one another. Novak's erudite argument and rigorous scholarship will appeal to all scholars and students engaged in the work of theology and bioethics.

Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity

Author : K. Bayertz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940091590X
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity written by K. Bayertz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Sanctity of life' and `human dignity' are two bioethical concepts that play an important role in bioethical discussions. Despite their separate history and content, they have similar functions in these discussions. In many cases they are used to bring a difficult or controversial debate to an end. They serve as unquestionable cornerstones of morality, as rocks able to weather the storms of moral pluralism. This book provides the reader with analyses of these two concepts from different philosophical, professional and cultural points of view. Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity presents a comparative analysis of both concepts.

The Sacredness of Human Life

Author : David P. Gushee
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802844200
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Sacredness of Human Life written by David P. Gushee and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-14 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive examination of the sacredness of human life, encompassing biblical roots, theological elaborations, historical cases, and contemporary ethical perspectives. Gushee argues that viewing human life as sacred is one of the most precious legacies of biblical faith-- albeit one that the church has too often failed to uphold.

On the Sanctity of Human Life

Author : Peter F. Connell
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781542911955
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book On the Sanctity of Human Life written by Peter F. Connell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written to Pastors, Christian healthcare workers, and Christians sitting in our churches, On the Sanctity of Human Life is a straightforward book detailing a biblical perspective of the sanctity of human life; but more than that, it delves into how we as Christians need to view life when we are faced with decisions such as having a family, dealing with sickness and death, and maintaining a proper perspective of the uniqueness and value of every human life from the moment of conception. This book is written with the purpose of informing ministry and laity alike of some of the complex issues that face and will face every family in every one of our congregations. It also seeks to alert believers who work in the medical community to the humanistic influences behind some of the changes being implemented in medical institutions across America. Additionally, pastors have a duty to be informed and aware of what is happening in the world around us. We must become aware of a worldview that is prevalent and growing in modern medicine, academia, government and public media that is quite contrary to Scripture. This prevalent worldview, by reason of its pervasiveness in many parts of our society, will invariably affect our thinking unless it is countered with sound, biblical teaching that inculcates a biblical worldview as it relates to these issues. Some areas of the United States generally have a more Judeo-Christian mindset than other areas of the country, and the secular worldview described in this book is not as prevalent in those areas-even though that secular worldview is making serious inroads even in those areas. Much of the country, however, is profoundly influenced by a culture that devalues human life, and this has infiltrated the healthcare industry. Pastors should read these pages with interest and use this book as a stepping stone to become vitally informed about the issues that face every family. In doing so, it will better equip them to wisely counsel families and individuals in their congregations-and teach them these principles before their times of need. Every Christian needs to understand these principles and how they apply to life and end-of-life situations so they will not have to try to digest it all during a time of crisis.

Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems

Author : Michael C. Banner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521625548
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems written by Michael C. Banner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-09-28 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses such key ethical issues as euthanasia, the environment, biotechnology, abortion, the family, sexual ethics, and the distribution of health care resources. Michael Banner argues that the task of Christian ethics is to understand the world and humankind in the light of the credal affirmations of the Christian faith, and to explicate this understanding in its significance for human action through a critical engagement with the concerns, claims and problems of other ethics. He illustrates both the distinctiveness of Christian convictions in relation to the above issues and also the critical dialogue with practices based on other convictions which this sense of distinctiveness motivates but does not prevent. The book's importance lies in its attempt to show the crucial difference which Christian belief makes to an understanding of these issues, whilst at the same time demonstrating some of the weaknesses and confusions of certain popular approaches to them.

The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law

Author : Glanville Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258483777
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law written by Glanville Williams and published by . This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sanctity of Human Life and Its Protection

Author : Robert Laurence Barry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Sanctity of Human Life and Its Protection written by Robert Laurence Barry and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, there has been much discussion of the sanctity of life and the level of protection to be accorded human life. This book discuss the nature of this protection, the basis for claims about its protection and how it is to be brought about in specific instances and situations.

Life's Dominion

Author : Ronald Dworkin
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307787915
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Life's Dominion written by Ronald Dworkin and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-05-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally renowned lawyer and philosopher Ronald Dworkin addresses the crucially related acts of abortion and euthanasia in a brilliantly original book that examines their meaning in a nation that prizes both life and individual liberty. From Roe v. Wade to the legal battle over the death of Nancy Cruzan, no issues have opened greater rifts in American society than those of abortion and euthanasia. At the heart of Life's Dominion is Dworkin's inquest into why abortion and euthanasia provoke such controversy. Do these acts violate some fundamental "right to life"? Or are the objections against them based on the belief that human life is sacred? Combining incisive moral reasoning and close readings of indicidual court decisions with a majestic interpretation of the U.S. Constitution itself, Dworkin gives us a work that is absolutely essential for anyone who cares about the legal status of human life.

The Sanctity-of-life Doctrine in Medicine

Author : Helga Kuhse
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Sanctity-of-life Doctrine in Medicine written by Helga Kuhse and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining and refuting the "sanctity-of-life" view in medical decision making, Kuhse argues for a quality-of-life ethic based on the belief that there is a profound difference between merely being alive and life being in the patient's interest.

The Sanctity of Rural Life

Author : Shelley Baranowski
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195361660
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Sanctity of Rural Life written by Shelley Baranowski and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-04-06 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ground-breaking study, Shelley Baranowski not only explores how and why church-going Protestants in eastern Prussia turned to Nazism in large numbers, but also shows that the rural elite and the church propagated a myth of the stability, the wholesomeness, and the class-harmony--in short, the "sanctity"--of rural life, a myth that was a key component of Nazi propaganda that helped secure support for the Third Reich in rural areas. Of great interest to historians and students of the period as well as anyone interested in how a fringe radical movement gained wide popular support.

Passions of Our Time

Author : Julia Kristeva
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231547498
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Passions of Our Time written by Julia Kristeva and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Kristeva is a true polymath, an intellectual of astonishingly wide range whose erudition and insight have been brought to bear on psychoanalysis, literary criticism, gender and sex, and cultural critique. Passions of Our Time showcases recent essays of Kristeva’s that demonstrate the scope of her capacious intellect, her gifts as a stylist, and the profound contribution of her thought to the challenges of the present. The collection begins with а vivid recollection of celebrating, as a child in Bulgaria, Alphabet Day, the holiday honoring the Cyrillic letters, which proceeds outward into a contemplation of the writer as translator. Kristeva considers literature with Barthes, freedom through Rousseau, Teresa of Avila and mystical experience, Simone de Beauvoir’s dream life, and Antigone and the psychic life of women. A group of essays drawing on her psychoanalytic work delve into Freud, Lacan, maternal eroticism, and the continued importance of psychoanalysis today. In a series of striking investigations, she thinks through disability and normativity, monotheism and secularization, the need to believe and the desire to know. Calling for the courage to renew and reinvent humanism, she outlines the principles of a stance founded on the importance of respecting human life. Finally, Kristeva discusses French culture and diversity, rethinking universalism and interrogating the potential for Islam and psychoanalysis to meet, and pays homage to Beauvoir by rephrasing her dictum into the provocative “One is born woman, but I become one.”

Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy

Author : John Keown
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521009331
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy written by John Keown and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-25 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether the law should permit voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is one of the most vital questions facing all modern societies. Internationally, the main obstacle to legalisation has proved to be the objection that, even if they were morally acceptable in certain 'hard cases', voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide could not be effectively controlled; society would slide down a 'slippery slope' to the killing of patients who did not make a free and informed request, or for whom palliative care would have offered an alternative. How cogent is this objection? This book provides the general reader (who need have no expertise in philosophy, law or medicine) with a lucid introduction to this central question in the debate, not least by reviewing the Dutch euthanasia experience. It will interest all in any country whether currently for or against legalisation, who wish to ensure that their opinions are better informed.

Suicide and Euthanasia

Author : B.A. Brody
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401578389
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Suicide and Euthanasia written by B.A. Brody and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Gospel of Life

Author : Pope John Paul II
Publisher : Random House Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780679758648
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book The Gospel of Life written by Pope John Paul II and published by Random House Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Storm-Tossed Family

Author : Russell D. Moore
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1462794815
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book The Storm-Tossed Family written by Russell D. Moore and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity Today "Beautiful Orthodoxy" Book of the Year in 2019. Why do our families have so much power over us? In The Storm-Tossed Family, bestselling author Russell Moore (Onward, Christianity Today's 2016 "Book of the Year Award Winner") teaches readers whether you are married or single, whether you long for a child or shepherding a full house, you are part of a family. Family is difficult because family—every family—is an echo of the gospel. Family can be the source of some of the most transcendent human joy, and family can leave us crumpled up on the side of the road. Family can make us who we are, and family can break our hearts. Why would this social arrangement have that much power, for good or for ill, over us?

The Morality of Killing

Author : Marvin Kohl
Publisher : Humanities Press International
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Morality of Killing written by Marvin Kohl and published by Humanities Press International. This book was released on 1974 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Culture of Death

Author : Wesley J. Smith
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 1594038562
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Culture of Death written by Wesley J. Smith and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his teenage son Christopher, brain-damaged in an auto accident, developed a 105-degree fever following weeks of unconsciousness, John Campbell asked the attending physician for help. The doctor refused. Why bother? The boy’s life was effectively over. Campbell refused to accept this verdict. He demanded treatment and threatened legal action. The doctor finally relented. With treatment, Christopher’s temperature—which had eventually reached 107.6 degrees—subsided almost immediately. Soon afterward the boy regained consciousness and was learning to walk again. This story is one of many Wesley J. Smith recounts in his award-winning classic critique of the modern bioethics movement, Culture of Death. In this newly updated edition, Smith chronicles how the threats to the equality of human life have accelerated in recent years, from the proliferation of euthanasia and the Brittany Maynard assisted suicide firestorm, to the potential for “death panels” posed by Obamacare and the explosive Terri Schiavo controversy. Culture of Death reveals how more and more doctors have withdrawn from the Hippocratic Oath and how “bioethicists” influence policy by posing questions such as whether organs may be harvested from the terminally ill and disabled. This is a passionate yet coolly reasoned book about the current crisis in medical ethics by an author who has made “the new thanatology” his consuming interest.